diff --git a/include/osgUtil/DrawElementTypeSimplifier b/include/osgUtil/DrawElementTypeSimplifier
index 0af5b5db4..d090eb3d7 100644
--- a/include/osgUtil/DrawElementTypeSimplifier
+++ b/include/osgUtil/DrawElementTypeSimplifier
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT DrawElementTypeSimplifierVisitor : public osg::NodeVisitor
 
         META_NodeVisitor(osgUtil, DrawElementTypeSimplifierVisitor);
 
-        void apply(osg::Geode& node);
+        void apply(osg::Geometry& geom);
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/DrawElementTypeSimplifier.cpp b/src/osgUtil/DrawElementTypeSimplifier.cpp
index 0102bc2a5..6397f8e06 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/DrawElementTypeSimplifier.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/DrawElementTypeSimplifier.cpp
@@ -66,18 +66,10 @@ void DrawElementTypeSimplifier::simplify(osg::Geometry & geometry) const
     }
 }
 
-void DrawElementTypeSimplifierVisitor::apply(osg::Geode& node)
+void DrawElementTypeSimplifierVisitor::apply(osg::Geometry& geom)
 {
     DrawElementTypeSimplifier dets;
-
-    unsigned int numDrawables = node.getNumDrawables();
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i != numDrawables; ++i)
-    {
-        osg::Geometry * geom = dynamic_cast<osg::Geometry*>(node.getDrawable(i));
-        if (geom) dets.simplify(*geom);
-    }
-
-    osg::NodeVisitor::apply((osg::Node&)node);
+    dets.simplify(geom);
 }
 
 }